Job Description
Job Title: OpenTelemetry (Otel) Developer
Location: Birmingham/Sheffield (3 Days on site per week)
Salary/Rate: Up to £644 per day (Inside IR35)
Start Date: 26/08/2025
Job Type: Contract
Company Overview:
We are looking for a skilled OpenTelemetry Developer to take the lead in designing, developing, and deploying observability solutions within on-premises environments. The successful candidate will bring strong expertise in Go programming, OpenTelemetry instrumentation, and CI/CD automation tailored for enterprise-scale infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities:
* Build and maintain custom Go modules to support OpenTelemetry instrumentation.
* Package and deploy OpenTelemetry components across on-prem environments, ensuring broad infrastructure compatibility.
* Design and implement CI/CD pipelines for automated rollout and updates of Otel collectors and agents.
* Work closely with infrastructure, DevOps, and application teams to embed observability into both Legacy and modern systems.
* Optimise telemetry data ingestion, processing, and storage for reliability and performance.
* Troubleshoot and resolve issues within observability pipelines and instrumentation layers.
* Develop internal documentation and establish best practices for OpenTelemetry usage in on-prem environments.
Required Skills & Experience:
* Strong proficiency in Go (Golang) with experience in writing modular, reusable code.
* Hands-on experience with OpenTelemetry Collector, agents, and SDKs.
* Proven track record of deploying and managing observability solutions in on-premises infrastructure.
* Familiarity with CI/CD tools (eg, Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions).
* Solid knowledge of Linux systems, networking, and containerisation (Docker).
* Understanding of monitoring and tracing tools such as Prometheus, Jaeger, Grafana.
* Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.
Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
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